The Ashtabula junior/senior league baseball team defeated the host Jefferson Black junior/senior baseball team in a recent match-up.
The game was a back-and-forth battel for the first three innings before Ashtabula ran away with it.
Ashtabula scored three runs in the first inning to build an early 3-0 lead. Jefferson answered with a run in the bottom of the first inning, making it 3-1.
Jefferson pitched a shutout inning in the top of the second inning and went on to score three runs in the bottom of the second inning to take a 4-3 lead.
Ashtabula responded with a pair of runs in the top of the third inning to take back a 5-4 lead.
Jefferson kept battling with two more runs in the bottom of the third inning to go back up 6-5.
Ashtabula would put the game out of reach in the fourth inning with 13 runs to go up 18-6.
Ashtabula added seven more runs in the top of the fifth inning, lifting the score to 25-6. Jefferson scored their final run in the bottom of the fifth inning, making the final score 25-7.
Casey Dunford started on the mound for Jefferson and gave up three runs on one hit and two walks.
Cary Dunford pitched two and two-third innings and gave up six runs on four hits, five walks and four strikeouts.
Carter Hussing allowed two runs on a pair of walks. Jack Valetta gave up five runs on four hits, one walk and one strikeout.
Kyle Long gave up two runs on two hits, three walks and one strikeout.
Noah Barranco gave up seven runs on two hits, eight walks and one strikeout.
Delaney Staten pitched all five innings and gave up seven runs on six hits, five walks and 12 strikeouts.
Jefferson Stats
Ki Locey three hits, one run batted in and two runs scored; Jayce Toukonen one walk; Cary Dunford two walks and one run scored; Lukas Hubbard one hit, one run batted in and one run scored; Owen Gray one hit and one run scored; Noah Barranco one hit and one run scored; Braylon Pinney one walk and one run scored and Casey Dunford one walk.
Ashtabula Stats
Javian Swanson one hit, three walks, one run batted in and four runs scored; Mikey Stoneman two hits, one walk, one run batted in and three runs scored; Stevie Severino three hits, two runs batted in and three runs scored; Kieran Jones one hit, three walks, two runs batted in and three runs scored; Michael Shubert one hit, two walks, two runs batted in and two runs scored; Nate Sova two hits, one walk, two runs batted in and three runs scored; Aiden Simons one hit, two walks, one run batted in three runs scored; Delaney Staten two walks, two runs batted in and one run scored; Levi Newsome two walks, one run batted in and one run scored; Raddiel Cruz two hits, one walk, three runs batted in and one run scored; Bryson McVaugh three walks, two runs batted in and one run scored and Andrew Lozitsky one walk.
